The Last Witness (2001 film)

The Last Witness
File:The Last Witness (2001) movie poster.jpg Theatrical poster
Directed by	Bae Chang-ho
Produced by	Jeong Tae-won
Written by	Bae Chang-ho
Based on	The Last Witness by Kim Seong-jong
Starring	Lee Jung-jae Ahn Sung-ki Lee Mi-yeon
Cinematography	Kim Yun-su
Distributed by	Cinema Service
Release dates	November 16, 2001 (2001-11-16)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

The Last Witness (Hangul: 흑수선; RR: Heugsuseon) is a 2001 South Korean thriller film directed by Bae Chang-ho and starring Lee Jung-jae, Ahn Sung-ki and Lee Mi-yeon. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kim Seong-jong, and is the second adaptation of the book, the first being in 1980.

Plot

A political prisoner, Hwang-seok is released after 50 years of solitary confinement. A day later, a body with stab wounds is recovered from a harbor. Detective Oh investigates the death and determines the body is that of Yang, a former soldier. Discovering a diary amongst Yang's possessions, Oh follows a trail of clues to a blind antique dealer, Ji-hye. It transpires that it was Yang who was responsible for the imprisonment of Hwang-seok, a suspected communist sympathizer in the Korean War. This makes Hwang-seok the prime suspect for the murder of Yang. But not all is as it seems, and a series of flashbacks back to the dark days of the Korean War and the infamous Geoje POW Camp on Geoje Island leads Oh to Han, a former North Korean soldier living in Japan, and a final, tragic resolution for two ill-fated lovers.

Cast

• Lee Jung-jae as Detective Oh
• Ahn Sung-ki as Hwang-seok
• Lee Mi-yeon as Ji-hye
• Jung Joon-ho as Han Dong-ju
• Lee Ki-young as Yang

See also

• Cinema of Korea

External links

• The Last Witness at IMDb
• The Last Witness at the Korean Movie Database